Immo Buhl

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Immo and Lara Buhl, Shanthi , St. Katharina open-air theater in Nuremberg

Immo Buhl (born November 16, 1942 in Nuremberg , née Richter ) is a German dancer , choreographer and dance teacher of contemporary and modern dance .

life and work

Family and education

Immo Buhl was born as the daughter of Heinz Richter and his wife Gretel Herbst. Her mother gave her the special name "Immo" from a book she read before she was born. Immo Buhl comes from an artistically inclined family. Her mother was an expression dancer and had studied at the Jutta Klamt School in Berlin. Her father, who came from Westphalia , was a pianist, her grandfather was a sculptor. a. Stucco work for the Nuremberg Opera House created, and her aunt opera singer.

Immo Buhl, who started dancing at the age of four under the guidance of her mother, attended the Rudolf Steiner School in Nuremberg . From the age of 17 she attended the Loheland Academy near Fulda ; there she received lessons in movement training according to Bess M. Mensendieck , spatial theory, anatomy and body dynamics. She completed her training with a state-recognized exam. During her three-year stay in West Africa (Douala, Cameroon ), where her daughter Lará Buhl was born, she also got to know cultic dance forms of the natives and forms of primitive expressive dance. After returning to Germany, she studied American modern dance and Graham technique privately with Jessica Iwanson in Munich ; She also learned forms of American modern jazz and soul ballet with Iwanson. At Charlotte Miller (London School of Contemporary Dance) further studies were carried out to deepen her Graham technique.

Dancer and choreographer

In 1975 Immo Buhl first founded her Imotion Dance Company & School for modern ballet. The name of the dance company was derived from the first name of Immo Buhl and motion = movement. Imotion was a group of dancers who had emerged from their own “school for modern ballet”. In 1976 the Imotion Dance Company & School for Modern Ballet was officially founded. With her own dance company, which initially only consisted of dancers, Buhl gave numerous guest appearances in the then barely developed independent ballet scene in Middle Franconia. The company initially performed on the Fürth studio stage , Nürnberger Str. 3 in Fürth. She made her first guest appearance with her dance company in January 1978 in the Small Hall of the Nuremberg Meistersingerhalle . With her dance company, Immo Buhl also performed once a year on the open-air stage in the Fürth city park (among others every year from July 1977 to July 1981) and in the Berolzheimerianum in Fürth, the venue of today's Comedy Fürth . In April 1983 Buhl moved the Dance Company from Fürth to Nuremberg and took part in the Green Party's election campaign, the Green Caterpillar . In the following years she also appeared as a dancer in the shows of Udo Lindenberg , Wolf Biermann , Bettina Wegner and Konstantin Wecker .

Buhl's company initially consisted of 14 dancers, with 11 dancers as the core group; In 1982 the group was reduced to the solo dancers. In the beginning, Immo Buhl designed purely women's pieces; In 1986 she took on two male dancers in her company for the first time.

The school for contemporary expression dance-modern ballet she founded produced numerous offshoots in the early 1980s; she also trained numerous students who later continued her style. From 1996 onwards, their performances often took place in their own new dance studio, which had its own studio stage. From 1997 Lará Buhl took over the management of the dance school, which had different locations in Nuremberg over the years; the artistic direction remained at Immo Buhl. In 2006 Immo Buhl moved her dance work to Regensburg ; in spring 2013 she returned to Nuremberg. Since 2009 the Buhl-Dance-eV she founded has been run as a registered, non-profit association (eV). Immo Buhl still performs as a dancer today, mostly with her daughter Lará Buhl.

Dance style / technique

Buhl's dance art escapes fixation on certain styles. Her performances and choreographies "can hardly be classified in conventional ballet performances". Her completely unique dance style, developed from modern dance, was considered a "much-noticed novelty" in the early 1980s. Immo Buhl developed her own dance style in which she combined American modern dance in the style of Martha Graham with expressive dance ; She also integrated West African influences into her dance choreographies. Characteristic for her dance are “supple, flowing movements developed from the center of the body”. Often she starts from images of nature ( snakes , birds ) whose movements she integrates into her dance. Far-reaching movements of the arms and hands are also part of the peculiarities of her dance style.

Buhl was often referred to by dance critics as an expression dancer standing in the tradition of Expressionism ; Martha Graham and Mary Wigman were named as their artistic role models . Immo Buhl herself, however, always refused to interpret her work in a certain dance direction, including expressionism. She used the term "Buhl technique" for the dance style she created. Based on a well-founded knowledge of the human anatomy, Immo Buhl developed a free-flowing body and movement technique.

By 2004 Immo Buhl had created well over 150 choreographies; today it should be well over 200 of his own choreographies. As a choreographer, she repeatedly depicts the “conflict between the individual and society in its changing manifestations”; their topics “reach into the general human” (Norbert Servos). In all of her choreographies “one recognizes a will to create that is utterly unique”. In her choreographies, she does not see herself as a choreographer, but as a "storyteller using the means of dance".

Performances

Immo Buhl appeared, first in the Nuremberg region, then in southern Germany and in guest appearances on cabaret stages, at recognized venues and at dance festivals in Germany and abroad.

Nuremberg / Fürth / Erlangen

Venues in Nuremberg and the surrounding area were u. a .:

  • Meistersingerhalle , Kleiner Saal, January 1978
  • Margrave Theater Erlangen , May 1978
  • Main market in Nuremberg , open-air stage, June 1978
  • Stadtpark Fürth, open-air stage, July 1977 – July 1981, annually
  • Meistersingerhalle , Great Hall, October 1978
  • Meistersingerhalle, Großer Saal, February 1980 (with the dance drama Zarathustra )
  • Gostner Hoftheater , May 1980 and May 1981 (including a dream face and The Prayer )
  • Schauspielhaus Nürnberg (several times, including December 1980 with Zarathustra , November 1981 with the dance drama Makkaba and with Der Fremde , 1982 with Traumgesicht and Die Schatten von Bernada Albas Haus , January 1983 with the dance performance They won´t go when I go (with music by Stevie Wonder ), December 1983 with the solo evening Nebel - Leben. Four Scenes from Life (music: Christian Kusche), 1985 with the dance work Light , February 1987 with Orlando , April 1988 with Stories To Tell, Part II )
  • Stadttheater Fürth , u. a. March 1983, March 1989
  • Desi cultural center, Nuremberg, June 1986
  • Tafelhalle Nürnberg (several times, including December 1987 with Orlando ; March 1988 with Stories To Tell, Part I ; November 1988 with Leid-Äcker based on a text by Tania Blixen ; June 1989 with Zero Hour ; December 1990; February 1992; April 1995; November 1996)
  • Kulturforum Fürth , May 1990

Performances in Nuremberg (1982–1996; selection)

In May 1982 she performed at the Nuremberg Cultural Circus Festival, of which she was a co-founder; For the commissioned production of the city of Nuremberg, she created the choreography for her dance drama Drudenstern with music collages and live percussion.

From 1982 onwards Buhl worked intensively with the composer and musician Christian Kusche , the son of the artist couple Benno Kusche and Christine Görner , who wrote original music for Buhl's choreographies. The cooperation between Buhl / Kusche was a "symbiosis between dance and music", a "harmony of recording and implementation".

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the National Socialists' seizure of power , she and six dancers brought her dance company on 8/9. July 1983 her dance drama Angst premiered on the St. Katharina open-air stage in Nuremberg. In December 1983 she gave her solo dance evening Nebel - Leben. Four scenes from life (composition / music: Christian Kusche) in the Nuremberg theater.

In June 1989 Immo Buhl's dance production Die Stunden Null premiered in the Tafelhalle in Nuremberg ; the work was dedicated to the work of Mary Wigman , whose dance life was interrupted by National Socialism . With this production she also made a guest appearance in October 1989 at the E-Werk cultural center in Erlangen .

From 1990 to 1996 she and her company performed regularly at various Nuremberg venues (St. Katharina open-air theater, Tafelhalle, Rudolf Steiner House, etc.) and on the studio stage of her own dance studio. In February 1992 Immo Buhl presented her dance production Der Dunkle Gesang Macbeth for the 15th anniversary of her dance company in the Nuremberg Tafelhalle . In August 1993, her dance performance African Elegy , in which she presented memories of her time in West Africa, premiered in the Katharinenruine Nuremberg . Immo Buhl also regularly integrated singing and the human voice into her dance programs during those years. She worked u. a. with the Finnish soprano Leena Laurinkari and the alto Renate Kaschmieder .

Guest performances

  • Open-air theater Turm Baur, Ingolstadt , July 1980; July 1981 (with the dance drama Der Fremde )
  • Studio stage of the Academy of Arts (Berlin) on 11./12. December 1981 with the dance drama The Stranger , Dream Face and The Prayer
  • Stadttheater Ingolstadt , 1982/1983 (with Christian Kusche)
  • Guest tour with the solo program Nebel - Leben four scenes from life ; Locations: Frankfurt, Cologne, Gelsenkirchen, Münster, Hof and Glasgow 1983 (with Christian Kusche)
  • Theater tri-bühne , Stuttgart (solo program Light ), 23./24. March 1985
  • Theater am Gleis , Winterthur (1991, with Lará Buhl)

Other guest performances and festivals (selection)

In November 1982 Immo Buhl and her company made a guest appearance at the ballet and dance theater “Structure and Movement” in Hamburg, where her choreographies Macbeth and Schlangenei were shown.

In 1983 Immo Buhl, along with artists such as Udo Lindenberg , Gianna Nannini and Konstantin Wecker , was hired by the concert promoter Fritz Rau as the only dancer for the German tour of the Green Raupe concert ; Buhl led a. a. her dance company Hindemith (with music by Paul Hindemith ).

In 1983 Buhl also went on a major tour of Germany. In February 1983 she was on tour with the Green Caterpillar ; in May 1983 she made a guest appearance at Kiel Castle . Further stops on her tour were Ingolstadt (open-air stage Turm Baur), Hilden, Bonn, Cologne (August 6/7, 1983; open-air stage Roncalliplatz in front of Cologne Cathedral ), Münster, Gelsenkirchen (as part of the “Rocktheater im Revier” festival), Frankfurt ( Gallus Theater ), Hof (as part of the “Hof Autumn”), Mannheim ( Nationaltheater Mannheim ; solo evening), Wiesbaden ( Hessian State Theater ; solo evening), Offenbach (theater of the city of Offenbach; solo evening) and Koblenz ( Kulturfabrik; solo evening). In September 1983 she gave solo dance evenings at various venues in Glasgow .

From 1984 she worked with the British composer Stephen Ferguson (* 1955), who created compositions for her and was her pianist. In 1984 she performed with Ferguson in solo dance evenings a. a. in Austria (Dornbirn, Kufstein, Linz, Salzburg / Festspielhaus); in Germany she performed a. a. in October 1984 in the Nationaltheater Mannheim and in November 1984 in the Makal-City-Theater in Stuttgart. In February 1986 she made a guest appearance at the Stadttheater St. Gallen . In May 1986 she appeared at the Amberg City Theater . In April 1991 and February 1993 Immo Buhl and Lará Buhl performed together in the Carmelite Church in Weißenburg .

Buhl performed a. a. at dance festivals in Germany (including Ulmer Tanztage / May 1986; European Dance Theater Festival Bonn / August 1987), Hungary (Budapest Dance Festival, August 1986), Finland (Kuopio, Dance Festival / June 2000) and Great Britain (Edinburgh, International Dance Festival Fringe , August 1984).

Later career (from 1996)

After moving to new dance rooms in Nuremberg with a studio stage in 1996, numerous performances of her own with her dance company and solo dance evenings as well as choreographies that she performed with her trained dancers followed. On 19./20. November 1996 followed the world premiere and performance (in the Tafelhalle Nürnberg) of the dance drama Apollo: A lyrical dance piece from the Nordic world by Immo Buhl, in which she danced with her dance company. After moving her artistic activity to Regensburg in 2006, Immo Buhl appeared from then on, almost always together with her daughter Lará Buhl, in the Regensburg area. From 2007 she had performances a. a. in the Künstlerhaus Andreasstadel in Regensburg (May 2007, January 2008, April 2011), in the theater of the University of Regensburg (October 2012), in the Akademietheater Regensburg (December 2013) and in Velburg ; Her musical collaboration with the organist and pianist Martin Sturm (* 1992) began during her time in Regensburg .

At the beginning of 2013 Immo Buhl returned permanently to her old artistic place of activity in Nuremberg; the great hall with stage in the Rudolf Steiner House in Nuremberg became her new dance venue. In April 2013 her new dance piece You see, my son, time becomes space here (on the occasion of Richard Wagner's 200th birthday ) had its world premiere. In November 2014, the premiere of the dance piece A dance-musical journey through a day (music: Wilhelm Sturm) followed in the Rudolf Steiner House in Nuremberg . In March 2015, the dance piece You see, my son, the time becomes space here takes place again in the Rudolf Steiner House in Nuremberg . In October 2015 her new dance piece Beethoven danced I was premiered there with her new pianist Ha Eun Jang.

In January 2016 Immo Buhl and her daughter Lará Buhl performed the Beethoven danced I program at the Ansbacher Kammerspiele. In April 2016, the world premiere of Beethoven danced II followed in the Great Hall of the Rudolf Steiner House in Nuremberg . In November 2016, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of her dance company, the “Immo Buhl-Imotion Dance Company”, consisting of five female dancers, presented a rerun of one of her first choreographies, Also Spoke Zarathustra in the Great Hall of the Rudolf Steiner House in Nuremberg; Immo Buhl was involved in the dance performance as a dancer and choreographer. Another dance performance for the 40th anniversary took place with the support of the City of Nuremberg in April 2017 in the Great Hall of the Rudolf Steiner House in Nuremberg. In May 2017 the Immo Buhl-Imotion Dance Company performed again at the Ansbacher Kammerspiele with the program Beethoven danced Part II . In November 2017, the world premiere of Danced Landscapes with Immo Buhl as choreographer and dancer followed in the Great Hall of the Rudolf Steiner House in Nuremberg . In 2018 Immo Buhl (choreography) and Lara Buhl (dance) presented their dance performance There are still songs to sing beyond people , which was inspired by the poetry of Paul Celan , at several performances in Nuremberg (including Gostner Hoftheater ) and Velburg .

In 2018 she was chosen by the jury of the “Forum Kultur” as “Artist of the Month August in the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region ”.

Well-known students

  • Julia Kempken , red stage , Nuremberg
  • Jutta Czurda , Fürth City Theater
  • Beate Höhn
  • Anne Lepie, Tanzerei, Fürth
  • Ariane Brandt, NYCDS, Stuttgart
  • Johanna Roggan, Dresden State Theater
  • Barbara Prechtl, TanzRaum, Roßtal
  • Suleika Fichtner, Berlin State Opera, Danceworks Berlin
  • Lucia Panagioula Kimmig, ACUD Theater , Berlin
  • Patricia Probst, founding her own dance school "TanzRaum Weißenburg", in Weißenburg
  • Manuela Liszewski, teaches in Nuremberg
  • Kathrin Lustenberger-Pechmann, founding her own dance school "luzerntanz" in Switzerland
  • Sibylle Kockjeu, “Sibylle-dance.com” in York, England
  • Heike Eichenseher, Nuremberg

literature

  • Norbert Servos: IMOTION DANCE COMPANY, Fürth in: Ballet Info. Current monthly newspaper for ballet and dance theater . September 1980. 3rd year, No. 7.
  • oA: Nothing for lead feet. Imotion Dance School in: Plärrer . December 1980. No. 12. Page 58.
  • Inge Obermayer: All life is dance. Immo Buhl and the Imotion Dance Company , in: Nürnberger Zeitung (weekend supplement ) of November 25, 1983. Page 12.
  • Aniko Ligeti: The dance is her life , in: Mittelbayerische Zeitung (Rundschau Magazin) on March 23, 2011. Page 16.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paul S. Ulrich: Biographical Index for Theater, Dance and Music / Biographical Index for Theater, Dance and Music . Berlin publishing house. Arno Spitz GmbH. 1997. p. 261. ISBN 978-3-87061-479-9
  2. ↑ a b c d Important dancer and choreographer ; Biography of Immo Buhl; Program flyer for the Easter dance performance on 26./27. March 2004 (Accessed February 13, 2016)
  3. ↑ In some sources Fürth / Bavaria is given as the place of birth. According to Buhl's own statements, however, Nuremberg is her place of birth.
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g h IMMO BUHL Vita. Dance Germany. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
  5. ↑ a b c Helga Schabel: From the aesthetics of pain , performance criticism; in: St. Galler Tagblatt of February 24, 1986
  6. ↑ a b c Karin Lorenz: "Sometimes it's nice and hard ". In: Abendzeitung Nürnberg from September 26, 1978. Page 9
  7. ↑ a b c d series: The Fürth portrait: Immo Buhl in: Fürth Aktuell . Edition November 1982.
  8. ↑ a b c d e Klaus Martin Wiese: Decisively more than a gimmick . In: Abendzeitung Nürnberg from January 13, 1978.
  9. ↑ a b c [Interview with IMMO BUHL in: Nürnberger Nachrichten of November 9, 2016]
  10. ↑ a b Fritz Schleicher: Archaic Gestures , performance criticism; in: Nürnberger Nachrichten / Feuilleton. December 1990.
  11. ^ A b Harald Raab: A new dance talent in the city , performance review; in: Mittelbayerische Zeitung / Kultur, May 4, 2007.
  12. ↑ a b Harald Raab: Mysticism and Dynamics: Poetry in Stage Dance and Painting , Performance Criticism; in: Mittelbayerische Zeitung of January 29, 2008
  13. ↑ a b Hartmut Regitz: An infinite movement , performance review; in Stuttgarter Nachrichten of March 25, 1985.
  14. ↑ Imotion Dance Company: Premiere. Temptation by power ; in: Hamburger Free Theater Magazin . Oct./Nov '82, oS
  15. ↑ a b Fritz Schleicher: On the way to originality . Performance review; in: Nürnberger Nachrichten / Feuilleton from November 24, 1981. Page 16.
  16. ↑ Blazing fires in every nook and cranny , Fürth 25 years ago , press report of October 21, 2006
  17. ↑ Press on Immotion Dance Company Accessed on February 10 2016th
  18. ↑ aß: Strong in improvisation . Performance review; in: Nürnberger Zeitung / Feuilleton from October 14, 1978. Page 23.
  19. ↑ Michael Bader: New approach ; Preliminary report in: Fürther Nachrichten of January 26, 1983.
  20. ↑ MB: Vage Ahnungen , performance review in: Nürnberger Nachrichten of December 6, 1983
  21. ↑ Ursula Lindl: Phoenix in the twilight . Review in: Nürnberger Nachrichten of January 22, 1985.
  22. ^ Fritz Schleicher: Artige Erotik  ; Performance review in: Nürnberger Nachrichten of February 10, 1987. Page 16.
  23. ↑ Fritz Schleicher: Rigid Rituals ; Performance review in: Nürnberger Nachrichten from 26./27. March 1988
  24. ↑ MB: Fate in “Suffering Ackern”; Performance review in: Nürnberger Nachrichten of October 18, 1988. Page 19.
  25. ↑ oA: mature style ; Performance review in: Fürther Nachrichten of May 18, 1990
  26. ^ W. Bronnenmeyer: Requiem and Pentagram ; Performance review in: Nürnberger Zeitung of May 22, 1982.
  27. ^ Fritz Schleicher: Fade Posen ; Performance review in: Nürnberger Nachrichten from 22./23. May 1982.
  28. ^ A b Inge Obermayer: All life is dance. Immo Buhl and the Imotion Dance Company , in: Nürnberger Zeitung (weekend supplement ) of November 25, 1983. Page 12.
  29. ↑ sc: About fear. Immo Buhl's new choreography ; Preliminary report in: Nürnberger Zeitung from 2./3. July 1983.
  30. ^ Fritz Schleicher: Solemn ritual. Immo Buhl dance premiere in the Nuremberg Tafelhalle: Zero Hour . Review in: Nürnberger Nachrichten from 16.-18. June 1989
  31. ↑ CH: Homage to Ideas ; Performance review in: Nürnberger Zeitung from June 16, 1989
  32. ↑ Gisela Enslein: “They didn't understand my work here!” , Report / interview with Immo Buhl; in: Abendzeitung Nürnberg from February 11, 1992. Page 12.
  33. ↑ Michael Schmatloch: Zarathustra's resigned homecoming . Performance review in: Donaukurier from July 29, 1980.
  34. ^ HM: Dance from Nuremberg. Deep fairy tales. Review: in: Berliner Morgenpost / Feuilleton from December 13, 1981
  35. ↑ Heinz Zettel: With intensity. Guest performance of the Immo Buhl Dance Company in the Stadttheater performance review; Donaukurier from August 1, 1983
  36. ↑ in: Ballett International No. 1/1984
  37. ↑ Esther Reutimann: Immo Buhl and Lará Buhl with “The Hour Zero” as a guest in the Theater am Gleis. Passionate, mature modern dance . Review in: Der Landbote from February 25, 1991.
  38. ↑ Short review (author: Marianne Manthey) in: Ballett-Journal / Das Tanzarchiv. Newspaper for dance education and ballet theater . 30th year. Issue IV / 1982.
  39. ↑ mvr: A rhyme with the greens ; Performance review of the green caterpillar; in: Nürnberger Zeitung / Feuilleton from February 19, 1983. Page 19.
  40. ↑ Fear on Roncalli-Platz (with photo), in: Kölnische Rundschau of August 8, 1983.
  41. ↑ Alfons Kampert: Dances between fog and life ; Performance review in: Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung from August 18, 1983.
  42. ↑ Ralf Sziegoleit: "Expression is Truth" , performance review in: Hofer Anzeiger from October 17, 1983
  43. ↑ Mw .: Like a plant to light , performance review in: Mannheimer Morgen from October 22, 1984
  44. ↑ Hartmut Regitz: The message further feeling , performance review in: Stuttgarter Nachrichten of November 13, 1984
  45. ↑ cd: immense feeling spoke in artistic dance , performance criticism ; in: Weißenburger Tagblatt from March 1, 1993
  46. ↑ Preliminary report: Danced reflections on Beethoven's late piano sonatas in: Fränkische Landeszeitung from January 25, 2016.
  47. ^ Thomas Wirth: Consecrated Sonatas , performance review; in: Fränkische Landeszeitung from January 30, 2016.
  48. ↑ PURE DANCE . ( Memento of the original from March 13, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: buhl-dance.com, accessed on May 4, 2017.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.buhl-dance.com
  49. ^ Immo Buhl Dance Company: "Danced Landscapes" . In: Colon dated November 23, 2017.
  50. ↑ Wolfgang Schön: An extravagant dance evening in Velburg . Performance review. In: Mittelbayerische Zeitung of September 6, 2018. Retrieved on February 6, 2019.
  51. ↑ There are still songs to sing beyond human beings . Event information. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  52. ↑ Modern dance pioneer: Immo Buhl becomes the 100th artist of the month in the metropolitan region . In: Der Neue Wiesentbote of August 27, 2018. Retrieved on February 6, 2019.
  53. ↑ IMMO BUHL-IMOTION DANCE COMPANY & SCHOOL OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE-MODERN BALLET-NUREMBERG - left. Retrieved October 21, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Buhl, Immo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Buhl, Immo Birgit; Buhl, Imma Birgit; Judge Birgit (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German dancer, choreographer and dance teacher for contemporary and modern dance
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg